Disconcerting Departure – April 2023

Duration: 0:00-1:07

Directed and Performed by: Leila Jolene
MEDIUM: Stop Motion Film/Digital Animation/Charcoal Drawing
CLASS: FMX 210 Digital Media
PROFESSOR: Santiago Echeverry
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
LINK: https://vimeo.com/887484095?share=copy
A journey through one’s consciousness, a disconcerting departure from reality. This film was the final 600 frame animation project in my Digital Media course. Through this process I considered the different views a person may have of oneself, and how it can be distorted.

Final Animation (Walk Cycle/Turntables) – December 2022

Duration : 0:07-0:29

3D Animation & Modeling by: Leila Jolene
SOFTWARE: Maya Autodesk
CLASS: FMX 217 3D Animation I
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
Our final project in this course was to build a character in Maya, and bringing it to life through an animated walk cycle. I chose the Golem from Hayao Miyazaki’s Film: Castle in the Sky. My second turntable is a complete remodeling of a Mamiya c330 Film Photography Camera.

“It is only with the heart one can see rightly” – April 2022

Duration : 0:07-0:41

3D Animation & Modeling by: Leila Jolene
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects & Illustrator
CLASS: PUFY Drawing & Imaging
PROFESSOR: Anne Finkelstein
INSTITUTION: The New School
In this project, we were assigned to choose an excerpt or a quote, and experiment with different ways we could present the text as an animation. Mine derived from Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince. I animated the stars and asteroid’s, and placed in my rose, made from a previous assignment in Adobe Illustrator, depicting a final moment where the rose blooms her love, modeled after the animated film rendition of The Little Prince.